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The Divided Dial: Episode 3 - The Liberal Bias Boogeyman
How did the right get their vice grip of the airwaves, all the while arguing that they were being silenced and censored by a liberal media? In this e…
3 years, 3 months ago
Bark and Bite
Conspiracy theories and disinformation have found a home on right-wing talk radio, where falsehoods often escape scrutiny from regulators and fact-ch…
3 years, 3 months ago
11/22/63
In television's younger days, going live was extremely difficult, costly and rare. But in November of 1963 a monumental tragedy made live coverage es…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Divided Dial: Episode 2 - From Pulpit to Politics
Episode 2: From Pulpit to Politics
How did the little-known Salem Media Group come to have an outsized political influence? In this episode we trace …
3 years, 4 months ago
Flipping The Bird
Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, there has been nothing short of crisis — leading to massive layoffs and lost advertisers. On this week’s On the Me…
3 years, 4 months ago
Mastodon: The Platform Taking Twitter's Worn and Weary
In the wake of the five alarm fire at Twitter, a small, quiet social media alternative has been quietly attracting the tweeting weary. Mastodon, name…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Divided Dial: Episode 1 - The True Believers
Episode 1: The True Believers
In 2016, Christian talk radio host Eric Metaxas begrudgingly encouraged his listeners to vote for then-presidential can…
3 years, 4 months ago
Infinite Scroll
Across the county, librarians are fighting to keep libraries open and books on the shelves. On this week’s show, hear what the American Library Assoc…
3 years, 4 months ago
Re-Sorting the Shelves: A Look at Bias In the Dewey Decimal System
Jess deCourcy Hinds is the solo librarian at the Bard High School, Early College library in Queens, New York. In 2010, she received a new order of bo…
3 years, 4 months ago
Free and Fair
As the midterms approach, conspiracy theories about election fraud are shaping some races. On this week’s On the Media, a deep dive into the impact o…
3 years, 4 months ago